Dress-guard attachment for bicycles.



No. 65|, 56& Patented lune I2, I900. D. S. HITCHCOCK.

DRESS GUARD ATTACHMENT FOR BICYGLES.

(Application filed Aug. 28, 1899.)

(No Model) NITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

DAVID S. HITOI-IOOOK, OE CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DRESS-GUARD ATTACHMENT FOR BICYCLES SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,568, dated June 12, 1900. Application filed August 26, I899. Serial No. 728,564. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID S. HITCHCOOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dress-Guard Attachments forBicycles,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,-reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to a device adapted to connect the inner ends of the cords of a dress-guard with the wheel-axle or bicycleframe.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap and simple device which will permit all of the guard-cords to be simultaneously tightened or to be disconnected from the machine at their inner ends.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an outer side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is an inner side view thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View, and Fig. 4 is a front or edge View thereof.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents a plate which is adapted for connection with the bicycle-frame. In the specific construction shown it has a hole a, which embraces the rear axle E, and is held thereon by the same nut O which fastens the axle to the frame. From its lower end the plate extends in a general upward direction. In its upper end is a longitudinal opening a, from the sides of which the slots of extend in pairs laterally and slightly upwardly. These upwardly-inclined slots are separated by the downwardly-inclined tongues of, whose inner ends are rounded substantially as shown. The distance across the opening ct between the inner ends of each pair of tongues is great enough to permit the legs of the cord-holder to pass.

The cord-holder Bis constructed in its upper part in a suitable manner for the attachment of the guard-cords D. It has two flexible legs Z) I), which have outwardly-turned hook-shaped lower ends I) b In the consaid cords and bicycle-frame, the hook-shaped ends 12 I) pass through and engage in the outer ends oft-he slots a a When it is desired to disconnect the two parts, the cordholder is moved toward the lower end of the plate and its legs are pressed toward each other a short distance, whereupon the hookshaped ends slots 0, 61 When itis desired to tighten the guard-cords, the cord-holder is pushed inward. The inclined tops of the tongues force the legs toward each other until they finally pass down between the tongues, whereupon the legs spring outward to the ends of the next pair of slots a a Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of two cooperating members one being a plate adapted for'attachment to a bicycle-frame, and the othera cord-holder, one of said members having two legs with bent ends and the other member having a plurality of pairs of openings, said bent ends being adapted to removabl y occupy the different-pairs of openings, substantially as specified.

2. A wire cord-holder bent to form loops at its upper end and having downwardly-extended legs the ends of which are bent, combined with a plate adapted for attachment to a bicycle-frame and having a plurality of pairs of openings, any of which pairs'said bent ends may engage, substantially as specifled.

3. The combination of a plate adapted for attachment to the bicycle-frame and having a longitudinal opening with a plurality of pairs of inclined slots extending laterally from its sides, with a cord-holder having two legs with outwardly-bent ends for engagement in said slots, substantially as specified.

4. The combination of a plate A having a longitudinal opening a, the plurality of pairs of inclined slots at extending laterally from said opening and the inclined tongues (t hav- 12' b may be passed through the loops at its upper end and two downwm'dlyextended legs having outwardly-turned ends, I0 substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

DAVID S. HITCHOOCK.

Witnesses:

E. L. THURSTON, ALBERT H. BATES. 

